Subtlety

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Subtlety: Creature - Elemental Incarnation, Modern Horizons 2. Flash. Flying. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{2}{U}{U}
Mana value
4
Type
Creature - Elemental Incarnation
Colour identity
Blue (U)
Power / toughness
3/3
Rarity
Mythic
Set
Modern Horizons 2 (MH2)
Released
2021-06-18
Collector number
67
Artist
Anastasia Ovchinnikova
Commander rank
4,213 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Evoke, Flash, Flying

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About Subtlety

Subtlety is a Magic: The Gathering card, a mythic rare blue creature from Modern Horizons 2 (MH2), a draft-focused set released in June 2021. It is collector number 67 in that set, with art by Anastasia Ovchinnikova. It costs {2}{U}{U} (two generic and two blue mana) to cast, for a mana value of 4. It is a 3/3 creature. Its colour identity is blue. It is legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Timeless and Gladiator. It is banned in Brawl and Historic. It has been printed in 6 sets, from Modern Horizons 2 (2021) to Modern Horizons 2 Timeshifts (2024). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $9.83 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-11).

Card text

Flash

Flying

When this creature enters, choose up to one target creature spell or planeswalker spell. Its owner puts it on their choice of the top or bottom of their library.

Evoke-Exile a blue card from your hand.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $9.83 (as of 2026-11-11).

The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.

Format legality

Legality of Subtlety by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
BrawlBanned
HistoricBanned
TimelessLegal
GladiatorLegal

Other printings of Subtlety

Subtlety has been printed in 6 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #7005Mythic2025
Modern Horizons 2 Timeshifts (H2R) #6Mythic2024
Special Guests (SPG) #45Mythic2024
Special Guests (SPG) #50Mythic2024
Magic Online Promos (PRM) #91227Mythic2021
Modern Horizons 2 (MH2) #309Mythic2021
Modern Horizons 2 Promos (PMH2) #67sMythic2021

Official rulings

Five official rulings apply to Subtlety, newest first.

  • A spell that's put into its owner's library doesn't resolve, but it isn't countered. This will work on spells that say they can't be countered.
  • If you pay the evoke cost, you can have the creature's own triggered ability resolve before the evoke triggered ability. You can cast spells after that ability resolves but before you have to sacrifice the creature.
  • Subtlety's triggered ability targets a spell on the stack. It can't target creatures or planeswalkers on the battlefield.
  • The owner of the spell is the one who chooses whether it goes on the top or bottom of their library. All players will know this information.
  • To determine the total cost of a spell, start with the mana cost or alternative cost you're paying (such as an evoke cost), add any cost increases, then apply any cost reductions. The mana value of the spell is determined by only its mana cost, no matter what the total cost to cast that spell was.

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